Moore, later chronicled the trial in an article for Skeptical Inquirer magazine. One of the defense witnesses, Dr Timothy E. The lawsuit cost the band approximately $250,000 in legal costs and the judge ordered CBS to pay $40,000 to the plaintiff's attorneys to reimburse them for costs related to bringing the lawsuit, since the label did not comply with discovery orders and provide master tapes of Stained Class to Vance's lawyers. The case was dismissed, with the finding that any subliminal messages within the recording, should they actually exist, were not responsible for the suicides. Timothy Moore, who testified on Judas Priest's behalf, stated that the plaintiffs (led by McKenna) achieved "a major victory in getting the case to trial in the first place". In a pre-trial motion, the judge ruled that subliminal messages were incapable of being protected speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, since they were by definition not noticeable and thus could not form part of a dialogue. The three-week trial was watched closely by the music industry and constitutional lawyers. They alleged the command in the song triggered the suicide attempt. Vance's parents and their legal team, headed by Nevada attorney Ken McKenna, subsequently alleged that a subliminal message of "do it" had been included in the song. Vance followed, but survived the self-inflicted gunshot wound with a severely disfigured face.
Belknap placed a 12-gauge shotgun under his own chin and proceeded to fire the weapon, dying instantly. On 23 December 1985, Vance and Belknap became intoxicated before going to a playground at a Lutheran church in Reno. In the middle of 1990, Judas Priest were involved in a civil action that alleged they were responsible for the 1985 suicide attempts of 20-year-old James Vance and 18-year-old Ray Belknap in Reno, Nevada, US. The band was reportedly impressed with the production Guthrie did on "Better by You, Better than Me", as it stood out in comparison to the overly thin, flat sound that had plagued their albums up to this point they would ask him to produce their next album, Killing Machine. It was recorded in a separate session with James Guthrie, as Dennis MacKay had moved on to other projects and was no longer available. The song was a last-minute addition to the album when CBS Records insisted on including another more commercial track to liven up a record with which a majority of the songs have a very dark and sinister undertone. Judas Priest's rendition of "Better by You, Better than Me" is faster than Spooky Tooth's and adds a short vocal bridge. Judas Priest version "Better by You, Better than Me" The lawsuit alleged that the band's recording contained hidden messages which were responsible for influencing a pair of young men in Sparks, Nevada, to make a suicide pact in 1985. In 1990, a 1978 cover version by heavy metal band Judas Priest was the subject of a much-publicized "subliminal message trial". The song appeared on the album Spooky Two and was composed by keyboardist Gary Wright. " Better by You, Better than Me" is a 1969 song by the English rock band Spooky Tooth.
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